Kakheti Region კახეთის მხარე Kakhetis Mkhare
Map highlighting the modern political subdivision
Capital	Telavi
Governor	Levan Bezhashvili
Region ISO 3166 code	GE-KA
Districts	8
Area	11,310 km²
Population	407,000 (2002)
Map highlighting the historical region of Kakheti in Georgia

Kakheti (Georgian: კახეთი) is a province in Eastern Georgia. Telavi (თელავი is the main city and administrative center of Georgia 's eastern province of Kakheti. Districts are a type of Administrative division, in some countries managed by a Local government. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The Georgian alphabet (ქართული დამწერლობა is the writing system currently used to write the Georgian language and other South Caucasian Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and the south, and the Georgian province of Kartli to the west. Tusheti, or Tushetia, is a historic region in northeast Georgia. Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Kartli (ქართლი is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia. Kakheti is geographically divided into the Inner Kakheti to the east of Tsiv-Gombori mountain-range and the Outer Kakheti to the west of it. The major river of the eastern part is Alazani, of the western part - Iori. The Alazani ( Georgian: ალაზანი, Azeri Qanıx) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. The Iori (იორი Qabırlı is a river in the South Caucasus which originates in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in eastern Georgia and continues Kakhetians speak a local dialect of Georgian. Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.

The Georgian David Gareja monastery complex is partially located in this province and is subject to a border dispute between Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities. David Gareja ( Georgian: დავითგარეჯის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი Azerbaijani: Keşiş Dağ) is a ^[1]

Geography

Beyond the modern-day administrative subdivision into the districts, Kakheti has traditionally being subdivided into four parts: Inner Kakheti (შიგნით კახეთი, Shignit Kakheti) along the right bank of the Alazani River, Outer Kakheti (გარე კახეთი, Gare Kakheti) along the middle Iori River basin, Qiziki (ქიზიყი) between the Alazani and the Iori, and Thither Area (გაღმა მხარი, Gaghma Mkhari) on the left bank of the Alazani. The Alazani ( Georgian: ალაზანი, Azeri Qanıx) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. The Iori (იორი Qabırlı is a river in the South Caucasus which originates in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in eastern Georgia and continues It also includes the medieval region of Hereti whose name fell into gradual oblivion since the 15th century. Hereti (ჰერეთი Herethi, in Georgian) was a historic province in Caucasian Albania and later Georgia.

History

Kakheti was an independent feudal principality from the end of the eighth century. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. It was incorporated into the united Georgian Kingdom at the beginning of the eleventh century, but for less than a decade. The history of Georgia began with the rise of the early Georgian states of Colchis and Iberia, which in c Only in the beginning of the twelfth century did Georgian King David the Builder (1089–1125)

The Alazani River Plain, with the Caucasus Mountains in the background

incorporate Kakheti to his Kingdom successfully. David IV, also known as David II or David III, or David the Builder ( Georgian: დავით აღმაშენებელი After the disintegration of the Georgian Kingdom, Kakheti became an independent Kingdom in the 1460s. The Kingdom of Kakheti (კახეთის სამეფო kaxet'is samep'o; also spelled Kaxet'i or Kakhetia was a Late medieval / Early modern In 1762, the Kakhetian Kingdom was united with the neighboring Georgian Kingdom of Kartli, with the capital of the former, Telavi, becoming the capital of the united Eastern-Georgian Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This article is about the people of ancient Georgia For the Iberians of ancient Iberian Peninsula see Iberians. Telavi (თელავი is the main city and administrative center of Georgia 's eastern province of Kakheti. The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762-1798 was created in 1762 by the unification of two eastern Georgian kingdoms which had existed independently since the disintegration of Both Kingdoms were weakened by frequent Persian invasions. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia In 1801 the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti was annexed to the Tsarist Russian Empire. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya

In 1918–1921 Kakheti was part of independent Democratic Republic of Georgia, in 1922–1936 part of Transcaucasian SFSR and in 1936–1991 part of Georgian SSR. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Democratic Republic of Georgia ( DRG; Georgian: საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა Sakartvelos Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Հայաստանի Խորհրդային Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն Azerbaijani: Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (საქართველოს საბჭოთასოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა Since the Georgian independence in 1991, Kakheti is a region in the Republic of Georgia and Telavi is still its capital.

See also

• List of sovereigns of Kakheti

Footnotes

External links

• Kakheti.com - Kakheti Portal

Coordinates: 41°45′N 45°43′E / 41.75, 45.717